Infant&#39;s sleeping garment



P 1950 v v. s. PETERSON 2,522,297

INFANTS SLEEPING GARMENT Filed July 17, 1948 MN, His QZYorney .quicklytied to members of Patented Sept. 12, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE...

IINFANTS SLEEPINGF-GARMEN'I Vanda S. Peterson, Chicago, Ill.

Application July 17, 1948, Serial No. 39,361 1 Claim. (01. 128134) Thisinvention relates to sleeping garments for infants and more particularlyto pajama type garments having legs. I i

It is a primary object of the invention to provide a garment of thisclass with cords attached thereto for hitching the childs feet tomembers of the bed in which the infant sleeps.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a sleeping garmentof this character, which serves as a means to restrict the infants footand leg movement sufliciently to prevent its kicking the covers .ofifland otherwise disarranging the covers; to preventthe infant from gettingout of position; and to do this with-out undue restraint upon theinfants necessary normal movements.

It is a further object to provide an infants pajama garment of this typewith an independent set of cords at the foot end of each leg of thepajamas, which may both be conveniently and the entrance side of thebed. i 1

It is also an object to provide a lpajama garment of this classwith feetenclosing sections, to the toe end of which the hitching cords aresecured, so that the infant may turn without wrapping the cord about itslegs to any serious extent.

It is also an object to provide such a garment for economicalmanufacture, and which is consistent with the conventional stylesand'manner of making same.

In the accompanying drawing of the invention, Figure 1 is a fragmentaryplan View illustrating the preferred form of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary outer side view of one of the pajama legs andshows the preferred manner of embodying thecords with same.

Similar characters of reference'designate similar parts throughout thedrawing.

Referring to Figure 1, the numeral I desigvnates an ordinary infants bedor crib having 9. In this instance the infant is lying on its back,which is considered by many to be a preferred position.

Pairs of cords l0 and II are secured respectively to the extreme toecoveringparts of the foot sections 8 and 9, said cords beingconveniently provided from flat strands of braided material.

The pair of cords II are handily tied together somewhat loosely aboutthe more adjacent corner post 2 and thus hitch the left foot and leg ofthe infant to said post, through the connection of said cords to thefoot section 9. Said cords are not drawn sufficiently to cause anydiscomfort to the infant, but merely sufficient to restrict the movementof the respective foot and leg inwardly or upwardly within approximatelimits. In the same manner the cords II] are tied about one of thevertical bars 3, the right boot of the child being restricted to asomewhat crossed over position on the left leg as rather exaggerately illustrated. I

The bed covers (not shown) are tucked over the infant and it has beenfound by repeated trials that the infant can now turn and'move generallywith enough freedom for complete comfort and at the same time besufficiently restrained to prevent disturbing the covers, while withoutsuch restriction it usually kicks the covers off its-legs and feet andby continued rolling and twisting often entirely removes the covers fromits body.

The legs 5 and l are made with conventional seams l2 down the outersides and the garment is otherwise so constructed as to continue theseseams along the corresponding sides of the foot sections 8 and 9, sothat in sewing the cords l0 and l I to the toes of said foot sectionssaid cords are likewise extended along over said seams throughout theirlength, from the juncture with c said sections, which feature adds tothe stability and appearance of the garment.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the infant is very readily andsatisfactorily placed in bed from the entrance side thereof, in a mannerto avoid any worry about its remaining covered.

Button holes l3 are provided in the free ends of the cords l0 and H bywhich they may be engaged with the regular garment buttons l4, when notin use, it being understood that special buttons (not shown) may bep-rovidedfor this purpose, as desired.

While in this example of the invention one of the preferred forms ofconstruction has been illustrated and described, such construction iscapable of variation and modification without departing from the spiritof the invention. I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to theprecise details in the exact forms set forth, but desire to avail myselfof such variation and modification as may come within the scope of theappended claim.

The invention claimed is:

In an infants sleeping garment having legs with feet, each associatedleg and foot having a longitudinal seam in common, a cord for each legand foot serving as a hitch for engaging said garment to the frame workof the bed in which the infant sleeps, each of said cords extendingalong a longitudinal seam of the respective leg and foot and serving tocooperate therewith in the formation of said seam.

VANDA S. PETERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,183,225 Overmeyer May 16, 19161,725,031 Ward Aug. 20, 1929 1,918,270 Fischer June 6, 1933 10 2,093,744Tuckey Sept. 21, 1937

